Pocket-holder for pens, pencils, or like articles.



APPLIUATION FILED MAY 20. 190B.

Patehted June 8, 1909.

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JOHN HAMILTON OOWAN, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

POCKET-HOLDER FOR PENS, PENCILS, OR LIKE ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed. May 20, 1908. Serial No. 433,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HAMILTON COWAN, of the city of Ottawa, in the county of Carleton, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Holders for Pens, Pencils, or Like Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pocket holders, for pens, pencils, or like articles, and the objects of my invention are to provide simple, inexpensive, and inconspicuous means for securely holding and retaining pens or pencils in the pocket, and generically it may be said to consist of a rigid member having a longitudinally distensible member mounted thereon adapted to hold the article against the rigid member.

In one embodiment of the invention, the rigid member is in the form of a long narrow bar having cloth piercing projections at the end thereof which are inserted from the rear side through the lining of the vest pocket of the user, and are connected by a band of elastic, said band being adapted to hold the en or pencil closely againstthe side of the ining and cause the said lining to thus bear against the bar on the opposite side, all as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the accompanying specification and draw mgs.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a pers ective View of a vest pocket with my hol or attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section through the holder in the pocket. Fig. 3 is a side view of the bar. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same. of bar. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the same when in position in the pocket. Fig. 7 is a plan of a modified form of the invention. Fig. 8 is a section through a further modified form of bar. Fig. 9 is a plan of the form shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan of another alternative form. Fig. 11 is a sectional detail showing an alternative form of cloth piercing projection.

In the drawings like figures of reference indicate corres onding parts in each figure.

Referring first to the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4, 10 represents the rigid member which is in the form of a narrow bar of thin metal, such as sheet steel, which is sufficiently pliable to ermit the points thereof to be bent outwardly. Prior to insertion in the pocket, the bar is formed with two inwardly turned Fig. 5 is a plan of an alternative formand pointed cloth piercing projections 11 and 12, which are inserted through the lining of the pocket from the rear side, and are then bent outwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

and connected by a longitudinally distensible member 13, which in the embodiment illustrated is in the form of a twisted elastic band of rubber.

It may be here mentioned that the element shown in the drawings and h-ereinbefore described as an elastic is only illustrative and any form of longitudinally distensible member might be used; and that the word elastic as used in the specification and claims is intended to be used in its generic sense to cover any form of member which after distention tends to resume its normal shape.

The elastic, as well as having the property of distention, possesses a certain amount of adhesiveness and thus very securely grips the side of the pencil, pen, or other article to be retained by it. It will be observed that in this form of the invention the main part of the bar remains on the rear side of the cloth concealed .from view and only the small pointed projections 11 and 12 may be observed on the outside.

When the pencil is inserted underneath the elastic, as shown in Fig. 1 the elastic holds it securely against the cloth which, in turn, bears against the bar, and even if the pocket were inverted, the pencil would not fall out.

In the, form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the projections 14 and 15- on the bar 16 are not bent upwardly from the bar nor are they inserted through the cloth, but remain flat on the reverse side of the cloth while the elastic 1.7 is inserted through suitable holes in the cloth. This form may be conveniently inserted from the outside of the pocket, as if the elastic is attached to the one end, the opposite pointed end may be inserted beneath the cloth at one side of the pocket and passed out of the cloth on the opposite side, the elastic being then looped over the projections, as it projects from the cloth on the opposite side of the pocket. In this form of the invention, the elastic in place of being held about the projections is preferably held in eyes 18 and 19 therein, being introduced into the eyes through suitable narrow slits 20 and 21. I

In the form shown in Fig. 7, the bar is Cir formed of a single piece ol wire 22 having projections 23 and 24 bent at the ends thereof.

In the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the projection 25 is pointed while the projection 26 is not, and both projections are provided with eyelet holes 27 and 28 having suitable slots communicating therewith. The bar 29 in this form very nearly resembles a needle and the pointed projection 26 is inserted at one point on the outside of the cloth, passed beneath the same, and then outwardly, the elastic band being then connected between the two projections For convenience in inserting the bar, a score line 30 is provided thereon, adapted to indicate the point at which the projection 25 should be forced outwardly through the cloth in order that when the elastic is in position the cloth between the projections shall lie flat and evenly on the bar.

In using the bar, the mint is inserted beneath the cloth and the ar passed inwardly until the score line 30 comes close to the slit formed in the cloth, and then the opposite end is passed outwardly and the elastic loo ed over the said end.

11 the form shown in Fig. 1.0, both projections 31 and 32 are pointed and have eyes 33 and 34, while a single elastic band 35 extends between both eyes, being retained therein by knots or other equivalent means formed on the extremities thereof.

In the form shown in Fig. 11, the bar 36 is provided with integral projections 37 on which is tiltably mounted a locking member 38, the construction being similar to that of the ordinary back collar button. The member 38 would in this form be tilted parallel to the bar when the projection had been inserted through the cloth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in this specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A holder for pens, pencils, or like articles, including a rigid member having cloth-piercing )rojections thereon, and a longitudinally distensible member connecting the projections.

2. A holder for pens, pencils, or like articles, including a narrow stifl' bar having a cloth-piercing projection at each extremity of the same, and an elastic member connect ing the projections.

3. A pen or pencil holder including a bar having cloth-piercing projections adapted to be inserted through the cloth of a garment, and a resilient retaining member adapted to connect the projections on the opposite side of the cloth to the bar.

4. A pen or pencil holder including a bar having cloth-piercing projections adapted to be inserted through the cloth of a garment, and. an elastic retaining member adapted to connect the projections on the opposite side of the cloth to the bar.

5. A holder for )ens, pencils, or like articles, including a bar hz'rving cloth-pierc ing projections of pliable material on the extremity of the same, and an elastic member adapted to connect the projections.

6. A holder for 36115, pencils, or like articles, including a bar having cloth-piercing projections 011 each end thereof with eyes therein, and an elastic member connecting the eyes on opposite projections.

7. A pen or pencil holder, including a bar having at least one of its ends formed. with a cloth )iercing projection, and a longitudinallyistensible retaining member connecting the opposite ends of the bar.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my V hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HAMILTON COlYA N Witnesses:

J. H. GLEN, WM. A. WYMAN. 

